Gochu Oil Tuna Puttanesca Spaghetti
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- Total time
- 30 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 9
About this dish
Gochu oil tuna puttanesca spaghetti uses the olive oil from canned tuna with chili oil, garlic, anchovies, tomato, capers, and black olives to make the sauce.
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Cook 180g of spaghetti in well-salted water for 1 minute less than the package time and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water. Separate the oil from 120g of tuna in olive oil. Pour that oil into a wide pan, add 1 tablespoon of chili oil, and keep the tuna pieces in a separate bowl so they stay intact. Add 12g of sliced garlic and 3 anchovy fillets to the pan. Cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring until the anchovies dissolve and the garlic edges turn pale gold without browning. Add 250g of crushed tomatoes and simmer over medium heat for 6 minutes. When the edges bubble thickly and the oil begins to look red, stir in 1.5 tablespoons of capers and 40g of halved black olives for 1 minute. Add the tuna at the end and warm it for only 2 minutes, stirring gently to preserve larger pieces. Add the drained spaghetti and reserved pasta water and toss over high heat for 1 minute. When the sauce is glossy and clings to the noodles, fold in 8g of parsley and serve immediately. Since the capers and anchovies already contribute salt, taste the finished sauce before adding any more. The tuna oil enters at the beginning, while the solid tuna enters only for the final 2 minutes, giving the two parts of the can separate roles in the sequence.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Finish
Boil 180g spaghetti in well-salted water until 1 minute short of the package time.
Reserve half a cup of starchy pasta water, then drain the noodles promptly so they stay firm for finishing in the sauce.
- 2Control
Pour the olive oil from the 120g tuna can into a wide pan and add 1 tablespoon chili oil.
Keep the tuna chunks aside for later, handling them gently so they do not break before the final simmer.
- 3Control
Add 12g sliced garlic and 3 anchovy fillets, then cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir often until the anchovies dissolve into the oil and the garlic edges turn pale golden, without letting them brown.
- 4Control
Add 250g crushed tomatoes and simmer over medium heat for 6 minutes.
Let the edges bubble steadily until the sauce thickens and the oil turns reddish, which shows the tomato acidity has concentrated and mellowed.
- 5Season
Stir in 1.5 tablespoons capers and 40g halved black olives for 1 minute so their briny flavor spreads through the sauce.
Add the tuna last and warm it for only 2 minutes to keep firm pieces intact.
- 6Finish
Add the spaghetti and reserved pasta water to the pan, then toss quickly over high heat for 1 minute.
When the sauce looks glossy and clings to the strands, fold in 8g parsley and serve immediately.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Tuna can oil and 1 tablespoon chili oil heated with 12g garlic and 3 anchovies
- Finish cue
- When the sauce looks glossy and clings to the strands, fold in 8g parsley and serve immediately.
- Avoid this
- Do not overcook tuna or it will dry out.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official cooking and food safety guidance.
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